PAC和TAMU-SA合作提高转学生的成功

2022年2月23日

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帕洛阿尔托学院和德州大学&圣安东尼奥大学 (TAMU-SA) have been selected to participate in the inaugural Aspen Institute 大学 Excellence Program and American Association of State 大学 and Universities (AASCU) “Transfer Student Success and Equity Intensive (TSSEI)” cohort to create a more seamless transfer experience for students. TSSEI is a one-year initiative that creates more equitable advances in practices and policies while further improving existing transfer efforts from community colleges to four-year universities.

“We are very excited to participate in this initiative with 帕洛阿尔托学院,” said Texas A&圣安东尼奥大学校长Cynthia Teniente-Matson说.  “It is important for us to strengthen relationships to ensure our transfer experience is 以学生为中心. 这一倡议将使我们能够增加准入, 学生的成功, 以及结果的公平性——所有这些都是德州农学院的优先事项&圣安东尼奥大学.”

The cohort consists of monthly workshops and consultations with experts to identify and understand critical transfer outcomes and equity-driven data. TAMU-SA and 帕洛阿尔托学院 leaders will expand upon these strategies to make the academic pathway from community college to bachelor’s 完成 seamless for students.

The TSSEI workshop series provides a 12-month series of workshops to accelerate transfer reform. The participating institutions will consult with higher education experts to identify and utilize critical transfer outcomes and equity data.

“Initiatives like this are important for students who want to start their higher education path by earning an associate degree with the intent to transfer to a four-year university and complete a bachelor’s degree,”医生说。. 罗伯特·加尔扎,帕洛阿尔托学院院长. “The TSSEI program will allow us to collaborate and learn from our peers on a 国家 scale to improve the transfer experience and improve 学生的成功. 我们很高兴有机会与阿斯本研究所合作, AASCU, and TAMU-SA on our collective mission to ensure students are successful at completing their degree and achieving their goals.”

帕洛阿尔托学院 and TAMU-SA are one of the 30 two-year and four-year institutional teams selected from a pool of 97 institutions and three systems from 25 states for the inaugural cohorts of the TSSEI, 是由腾飞教育集团资助的吗. 其他德州球队包括:

  • 阿马里洛学院和西德克萨斯A&米大学
  • 奥斯汀社区学院和德州州立大学
  • 圣哈辛托学院和休斯顿大学-克利尔湖分校

有关转学选项的更多信息,请访问 更高的.aspeninstitute.org/transfer-intensive.

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关于帕洛阿尔托学院

帕洛阿尔托学院, 是澳门新葡京博彩区的一部分, is accredited by the Southern Association of 大学 and Schools Commission on 大学 and a recipient of the 2015 Texas Award for Performance Excellence, 入围2016年马尔科姆·鲍德里奇国家质量奖, 也是2019年阿斯彭社区大学卓越奖的新星获得者. 超过10个,000名学生, 帕洛阿尔托学院被认可提供副学士学位和短期证书. 学院位于圣安东尼奥南侧,西经1400米. Villaret大街. 在I-410和德州16号高速公路,在阿拉莫也有.edu/pac.

关于德州A&圣安东尼奥大学

作为一所独立的大学,得克萨斯大学于2009年成立&圣安东尼奥大学 is a comprehensive four-year public university that reflects the culturally diverse, 它所服务的社区遗产丰富. 位于圣安东尼奥南部,占地近700英亩, 学校提供33个本科学位和16个研究生学位,总数近7个,000名学生. A&m -圣安东尼奥是亨利G. Cisneros Institute for Emerging Leaders and the Cyber Engineering Technology/Cyber Security Research Center. The University holds the Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) designation and is one of only 24 higher education institutions in the U.S. to have received the Seal of Excelencia certification from Excelencia in Education for its support of Latino 学生的成功. 超过75%的A&M-SA students identify as Hispanic, and 73 percent are the first in their family to attend college. A&M-圣安东尼奥 is a military-embracing institution; in 2020, Military Times ranked the University No. “最适合退伍军人的大学”全国排名第35位.“访问 tamusa.edu 了解更多信息. # onamission

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Formed as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation to help fulfill the promise of the landmark Higher Education Act of 1965, 腾飞教育集团已经帮助数百万学习者追求高等教育. 多年来, 我们已经成长为不仅是全国最大的联邦学生贷款担保人, 也是其最活跃和最受尊敬的高等教育慈善机构之一. The funds Ascendium uses for grants have been accumulated over our 55+ year history of helping borrowers successfully repay their student loans on behalf of the U.S. 教育部. 除了是全国性的慈善事业, Ascendium is a federal student loan guarantor and a provider of financial wellness services.

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